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Ilan Ben Zion
Ilan Ben Zion is a news editor at The Times of Israel. He holds a Masters degree in Diplomacy from
… [More]Tel Aviv University and an Honors Bachelors degree from the University of Toronto in Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, Jewish Studies, and English. [Less]

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British satellite company Inmarsat is in hot water with an Israeli legal group that charges that the company’s provision of guidance systems to Iranian commercial and military vehicles aids Iran’s terror activities.

Shurat HaDin describes its aims as “fighting for the rights of hundreds of terror victims” in order “to bankrupt the terror groups and grind their criminal activities to a halt.”

“We will not tolerate Inmarsat’s – or any corporation’s – profiting from the blood of innocent people. Anything short of immediate and decisive action on our part would be akin to acceptance. It is a simple issue of justice: Inmarsat must uphold its legal obligations in compliance with US Treasury regulations and immediately cease its support for Iran,” Shurat HaDin director Nitsana Darshan-Leitner said.

In 2008, a United States Supreme Court ruling in Boim v. Holy Land Foundation determined that individuals and companies that materially support terrorist organizations are liable for the murder and injuries the terrorists inflict.